I am German and I've been living in Germany almost my entire life. This is the very first time I read the word 'Waldeinsamkeit'. It might have been used in earlier times (it's nothing more than the words 'forest' and 'loneliness' written in one word, so it's not really a word but only a combination) but it's most definitely not used in everyday language today.

Love these! They're missing my favorite, though: the Danish hygge, meaning "relaxing with good friends or loved ones at home or a friend's house, often while enjoying good food and something to drink and lighting a few candles."

As a spaniard I love the custom of "sobremesa" and I really miss it when visiting a foreign country! it is such a nice and pleasant moment, when the stomach is full with great food and you enjoy the companionship... I'm so happy it was included in this list!

what happened to the parenting in italy post that was up on monday? the mother featured had mentioned on her blog that it was scheduled to go live monday and it did but then disappeared! disappointed...

I am from Germany, too and have never heard of the word 'Waldeinsamkeit' either. It reminded me of the word 'Wanderlust' which is Middle High German. We hardly use that word anymore but it seems to be used in English more frequently. Is that true?Very interesting :)

I'm so surprised that "Jayus" is there. Jayus wasn't even a word until probably early 2000s, and it is still a slang word (you wouldn't find it in formal documents for sure). Legend has it, that a teacher at one of the top high schools in Jakarta, Mr. Djajusman (nicknamed "Jayus") often makes corny jokes when teaching in his class. So, whenever someone makes unfunny or outdated jokes, the appropriate response is "Jayus...". Somehow, this inside jokes leaked out from the school to the outside world, first Jakarta, and then the whole country. Source: I'm an Indonesian native speaker who grew up in Jakarta ;)

Funny post but definitely missing the Portuguese word "Saudade" which means missing someone or something so bad that it just presses your heart. Also though it was quite funny the meaning of "Sobremesa" as in Portuguese this means dessert :)

I also like Fernweh - the contemporary German equivalent for the "English" word wanderlust, (which means a desire to hike, specifically) Fernweh is used in the sense of "crave for travel", literally meaning "an ache for distant places". Beautiful!

I am Spanish and live in Ireland. All the time I want to say something really Spanish it’s not a translation to English! haha, I laugh a lot about this with my boyfriend. He is trying to learn Spanish and he is so annoyed with the fact we have a thousand ways to say everything!

Something I discovered in the last weeks is that is not a "proper word" to say one-eye or one-leg person. We use "tuerto" o "cojo". But are not as nice as sobremesa ;)

I love these illustrations! Great minds think alike - I posted 11 favorite words that don't exist in English a few months ago (http://the-wonderist.com/2013/05/29/wordsthatdontexistinenglish/)

#9 on my list - I thought this was a uniquely Brooklyn phenomenon - Kaelling (Danish): You know that woman who stands on her doorstep (or in line at the supermarket, or at the park, or in a restaurant) cursing at her children? The Danes know her, too.

i would like to have an illustration related to the word "egal" - because there is no 1:1 translation for it although its meaning is quite simple and when i am talking english, i am searching for a fitting translation for it so often!

And I´m baffled, too, but regarding the German word "Waldeinsamkeit" - I thought about if I really use this in my daily speaking but I think if when then very seldom. I think this word isn´t very common nowadays in Germany, may be in the past it was more usual :)

Here's another one for you and its particularly beautiful. Its a Welsh word 'hiraeth', pronounced here-aye-th (with emphasis on the middle syllable). It means the longing or homesickness one feels for Wales, and all things Welsh. It is the deep yearning for a connection with the land of Wales. It is the ‘pull’ that draws one home. It is a mix of longing, nostalgia and wistfulness. All Welsh people understand the word hiraeth. Lovely isn't it?

I'm reading this as my kids are banging their corn on the cob on the table. It's a total mess but this post is so cute I didn't want to get up from my chair. Also I followed the link posted by another reader about the motherhood in italy post that was taken down. I loved it! Love the series. Keep'em coming!

This is so fun! Here in Spain we have so many different ways of saying things. The amount of local expressions, the CONTINUOUS use of irony... It's quite complex!

The word that I use everyday that doesn't have a translation is "madrugar"! It means "to get up early". I guess I hate to "madrugar" so much that I miss having this word in English :D And my favorite English word without an easy translation would be "heartwarming". I just find it so lovely and expressive! We have words with similar meanings but they can't compare to the beauty of your word!

Fun fact: Spanish doesn't have a word for "toddler" either. For us, they are babies or children-nothing in between!

Wouldn't "culaccino" be a ring? You know, like.."use a coaster or you'll leave a ring on the table!!!"And "jayus"....isn't the English word "dad joke"? :)I do love these though, and the ones in everyone's comments!

It means that too. Sobre means over or on and mesa is the word for table. So it can mean on the table or refer to this conversation you have with someone after the meal is over. I think in English you would say, after dinner drink. I'm not sure.

I JUST spent a half hour laminating these for my classroom and first day of school tomorrow! (I'm an English teacher). I'm going to have the students also make up their own words of an 'untranslatable' idea, and invent a new word.

I JUST spent a half hour laminating these for my classroom and first day of school tomorrow! (I'm an English teacher). I'm going to have the students also make up their own words of an 'untranslatable' idea, and invent a new word.

These are lovely and wonderful words. And when I first read just the title of this post, in my RSS feed, I got excited, thinking, hey, here's a new illustration idea for me, as I do this Japanese folk art called etegami that combines words and images... only to find that this artist at Maptia has already done it! Bravo.

(Japanese) arigata-maiwaku: An act someone does for you that you didn't want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favor, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude.

We, Filipinos, always have trouble explaining these two words to our foreign friends because we just cannot explain it.

Gigil is basically the gritting of your teeth. For example, seeing an extremely adorable baby, and you just basically can't control yourself but squeeze the heck of the baby because it is so darn cute.

Kilig is more of like a giddy feeling, butterflies, overjoyed when you are in love or someone is trying to court you and you find them sweet so it gives you the 'Kilig' feeling.

There's a word in French that doesn't exist in English, and that I terribly miss every single time... It's "la rentrée". It designates the time, in early september (and which I guess extends to a undetermined amount of time - i'd say it stops at the end of september) when kids (and everyone in general) go back to school/work/their routine schedule, after the vacation. "Rentré" literally means to come back in. I know in English people say "back to school", but it's not quite as practical and concise !

I think "la rentrée" in French may have come about because the tradition in France has been that almost everyone takes the month of August for their vacation. Big cities seem to empty, except for tourists, for example. So, in September there is a huge swell as everyone comes back and gets on with regular life! In the states people vacation for a week or two anytime during the summer. It is really only school that starts for everyone as a group in September (or late August).

So funny to see all the comments about "saudade". Something only brazilians say they "feel". And as a brazilian living in the US, specially spending most of my time in residency, "saudade" is a very, very real word for me. Loved this post, always love your blog. Makes me company on call nights. :-)

Aww I LOVE this. In Scotland we have the word 'haver' which means to talk nonsense, always found it funny that we have a specific word for that - think it's inevitable in a country with so much whiskey!

I am writting from Spain and we can the lovely word of "Sobremesa" but perhaps in my opinion the most beatiful word is "morriña" that mean you live in other place or country and you have a special sense of sicken for your family or place where you born.

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It's so untranslatable that I'm not even sure how to explain it here! It's an emotion - one we don't recognize in English. It's kind of like 'fun', kind of like 'friendly', kind of like 'good company', kind of like 'better than being alone', kind of like 'cozy'. . . OR it can mean 'a roaring good time', 'such a good night out', etc. -- it's an expression of the opinion "I'm glad I know people and can enjoy being in the company of others - whether it was the super fun or even if it wasn't that fun afterall".

once i learnt how to use doch in german, i didnt say any other word! hehe. just love it, it expresses the german way of being, if you have an idea, you defend it no matter what. i love how languages can express things that are related to our idyosincrasy. i love doing sobremesas, i am from spain of course :)

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I study German literature. Waldeinsamkeit is a key term in Romanticism. It was, for example, the favourite motif/subject of the poet Joseph von Eichendorff. Also Heinrich Heine wrote a poem with that title. Google it! :) Nowadays the word is not being used in everyday language anymore.

--> Waldeinsamkeit: I study German literature. Waldeinsamkeit is a key term in Romanticism (lit epoch). It was, for example, the favourite motif/subject of the poet Joseph von Eichendorff. Also Heinrich Heine wrote a poem with that title. Google it! :) Nowadays the word is not being used (in everyday language) anymore.

--> Waldeinsamkeit: I study German literature. Waldeinsamkeit is a key term in Romanticism (lit epoch). It was, for example, the favourite motif/subject of the poet Joseph von Eichendorff. Also Heinrich Heine wrote a poem with that title. Google it! :) Nowadays the word is not being used (in everyday language) anymore.

I study German literature. Waldeinsamkeit is a key term in Romanticism. It was, for example, the favourite motif/subject of the poet Joseph von Eichendorff. Also Heinrich Heine wrote a poem with that title. Google it! :) Nowadays the word is not being used in everyday language anymore.

I, as a Brit who lived in Spain for years, tend to throw words into conversation I learnt in Spain that I cannot translate back into English, like sobremesa, but also there are words that simply get lost in translation!

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I also love "schadenfraude" from German meaning "damage joy" literally (I think) but referring to take joy in others' misfortunes. Also "gezelligheid" from Dutch meaning coziness/welcoming/friendly - like walking into a warm café on a chilly afternoon.